The Latest Breaking News from Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen, 85, in hospital after falling off stage in West End play Player Kings

McKellen is currently appearing as John Falstaff in ‘Player Kings’ at the Noel Coward theatre in London

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024

Ian McKellen expected to make ‘speedy recovery’ after falling off stage

Actor ‘in good spirits’ after falling off front of stage during battle scene, Noël Coward theatre spokesperson said

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024

Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?

News of Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis’s eyebrow-raising return to Middle-earth seems to have passed the two stars by. Are Aragorn and Gandalf to be replaced?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024

Ian Gelder obituary

Compelling actor who played Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones, following a notable stage career with the RSC and in the West End

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2024

The week in theatre: Player Kings; Red Pitch; Underdog: The Other Other Brontë – review

Ian McKellen reigns supreme in Robert Icke’s Henry IV mashup; Tyrell Williams’s coming-of-age football drama is bang on target; and the Brontë sisters are let loose – up to a point – at the National

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024

Player Kings at Noel Coward Theatre review: Ian McKellen's Falstaff is a remarkable feat of skill and swagger

This rheumy, phlegmy performance by Britain’s greatest living classical actor is played with relish and superb comic timing

Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2024

Player Kings review – Ian McKellen’s richly complex Falstaff is magnetic

Mutating from head criminal in a gothic thriller to slippery music hall entertainer, showman McKellen has centripetal force in Robert Icke’s slick, modern dress production

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

When an outgoing Tory minister like Robert Halfon channels Gandalf, the magic of Tolkien begins to pall

From hippies to death metal and MPs, one book seems to rule them all but, oh, how I wish it didn’t

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024

TV tonight: celebrating the life of Paul O’Grady – and Lily Savage

An affecting documentary sees the likes of Graham Norton and Ian McKellen delve into the life of the famous drag queen. Plus: the tunes of Terry Hall. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024

Ian McKellen’s Player Kings to tour England

The play, adapted by Robert Icke from both parts of Henry IV, stars McKellen as John Falstaff for the first time in his career and will take in Bristol, Birmingham and Newcastle after its West End run

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024